The only thing their fake press conference was missing was them mentioning VR and 4K every couple of minutes - otherwise it was spot on. "Tomorrow's unethical business practices today!"
Bacon Lord They're from the current punk wave, a rebelllion against hipsterdom. They are 'post-ironic'. They look like they give no fucks at a glance, but just scratching the surface reveals they give a massive, throbbing, angry, frothing, arcane fuck. They remember the sins of developers and publishers past. Bungie was like this before Activision ate them. Microsoft was afraid to send envoys to the offices.
Take a look at the trackrecord of Mike Wilson. Quake, Thief, Serious Sam - he was involved into some epic games. Then he founded the publisher Gamecock. Yes, Gamecock, look it up. Dude has seen some shit.
jipowap47 I wouldn't call it a rebellion against hipsterdom since shitty video game business practices aren't really "hipster", just widespread corporate bullshit people like the folks at devolver are tired of.
Very nice interview. I really appreciate that you have put Question on top left and also at the bottom person you have interviewed. I think this should be on all interviews, peace
The more impressive thing was Twitch's ridiculous "Pre Pre Show" that encased Devolver's conference and itself served as a parody of all the E3 pre shows, and was probably the most entertaining and batshit thing I've ever seen come out of E3, and even showed off some cool games and had a few of their own exclusive announcements 11 goddamn hours of my life very well spent
When I watched it live, I literally did not expect anything like it to show up. E3 was putting me to sleep because it was, well, _competent_ outside of a smaller than usual few fuck ups. An E3 without any schadenfreude is not a fun one, people like myself enjoy E3 because it shows that these big AAA publishers are indeed human after all. So as a result of everything being so well rehearsed (with a few exceptions) I was falling asleep cause I didn't rest well around E3. But Devolver's conference woke me the fuck up, like, I was crying from laughter throughout because it was such a perfect parody. The twitch chat was cancer, it was going "Cringe", "Where's the games", etc. without realizing that was the joke, it took everything we expected from E3 and turned it up to 11 and it was fantastic. It's honestly the only thing I remember clearly from this E3, aside from sony showing almost no new games.
Yeah dudes they didn't get the joke, it was amazingly stupid. Twitch chat is fucking retarded. I remember the E3 where infinite warfare was being announced and the entire chat was like "RIP COD" and then when it turned out to be COD they were like "Never mind it's gonna be shit", it was fucking hilarious.
Every since I saw this Devolver skit I have eagerly been awaiting your video talking about it. Glad to see you continue to make interesting content SuperBunnyhop, this is why I've been subbed for so long.
I honestly didn't expect him to be so dang respectful. Great comedy and rockstar-style antics of the company aside, he seems to genuinely put his employees and industry peers above looking cool or bragging. What a wholesome interview.
This show as the single most interesting thing to come out of E3 in a long time, I'm so glad they finally went through with it and made this show a reality because E3 needed this, thank you Devolver !
I loved the DD video for a lot of the same reasons I really enjoy the strange Adult Swim infomercials and odd projects that they air. All of it is designed as an absurd parody that slightly crosses the line into insanity. Also I didn't know that DD actually have their hand in films as well. If they're even remotely as absurd as that "press conference" I'm going to have to check that stuff out. Thanks Super Bunnyhop and Nigel Lowrie for this awesome interview that sheds some light on the strangeness that was my favorite part of E3.
While a bit "try-hard" one still has to admire all the money, time, and, effort DD put into this show- just to troll the very concept of E3. It also helps that most of their games are fun and justify so much money being spent on the show.
The "try-hard" works for the comedy, though. That's basically every E3 press conference ever, from bragging about tera-flops to "massive damage!", it wouldn't be an effective jab unless they went full try-hard.
Its just absurdist comedy. my favorite kind of funny. the more effort you put into a shitty joke, the better. watch the eric andre show for further inspection.
I think that even in absurdist or over-the-top comedy there is still an art of grace and "subtlety" (for a lack of a better word) some do better than others, I would take infomercials (the show, not actual ones) over the eric andre show any day, Alan Resnick can pull the oxymoron that is natural awkwardness flawlessly and Ben O'Brien can write completely absurd scripts without any trace of being try-hard. Being apologetic about something being a cringefest on the grounds of being absurdist comedy is a huge disservice to comedy (not that the conference was THAT bad by any means but still)
Well... the "subtlety" is in the underlying message and/or tone under the "veil". under the foreskin of the joke. it should be pretty obvious that "absurd" comedy is over-the-top. not necessarily in energy, but it always is in one way or another. it has many layers. and it assumes that you're already in the joke before it begins. i hope i'm not being too vague but its fucking hard to talk about comedy. sure it wasn't all gold in the devolver conference, but i think the sum of its parts make it a nice little pearl. a small shine in the big e3 turd.
The studio that helped write and film this press conference, Imagos; I knew I recognized that name from somewhere. For those few people following the Alex Mauer DMCA strike drama, the game in question is Starr Mazer which is Imagos' game. Huh, small world.
Aaand stuff like this is the reason, why you and Noclip is for me the best gaming channels on youtube. Good questions and nice bits for contextualization. Not overly detailed or too superficial. Also Devolver, there is a reason why youre my favourite games publisher. I dont know any games marketing company/department that understands its audience so damn well.
i love how in the background gameplay when looses at the third floor just stops for a moment contemplating the failure then proceeds without any urgency to restart the entire level
George, I love your videos - I've been and on off viewer since the MGS3 craziness, and I've just got to say one thing; middleclick to lock onto enemies in Hotline2, please.
Zozano Well then, more power to him. Though he could've just spared us the suffering and played, like, an Evan level on hard. Jake's mission is especially hard since you're generally meant to die in the 2nd portion. But, hey, I fucking suck at HLM2 also, I've never beaten hard mode, so I'm not really in a position to criticize 😋
see also : lootboxes, paid crowds, that time Tak Fujii tried to control applause like a conductor, dumb kid on stage not really playing a game, mini retro consoles etc etc they know what they are. We know what they are. That's why I love them and would trust them with my left testicle.
So next year there's going to be a dead horse stand-in (piñata ?) and their conference should 10 minutes of them beating it while someone is doing the presentation.
When this first streamed, I wasn't like aware of it until it was around the Warliest Access bit, I got in right before Suda51 came on so I had no idea at that time that this was completely satirical, and thought it was just a really weird but legit conference with someone who was intentionally taking a hilariously aggressive stage present. I about lost my goddamn mind when that ending happened.
Oh hey, Imagos Films/Don Thacker helped. I didn't need another reason to hope Alex Mauer gets completely destroyed in court for messing with them (and people playing their game, and River City Ransom Underground and people playong that game), but here one is anyway!
Well devolver nailed the timing to do the take the piss out of E3 event, this years e3 was made of suck and their "resentation" wraped the event off perfectly
Bunnyhop gave credit to Hotline's Miami soundtrack so I went there searching for it. Just in case anyone else wants to listen to the song, the song's name is: Run (iamthekidyouknowwhatimean)
I appreciate the journalistic integrity and I also admire the lengths they will go to fuck with E3. I know he denied it in the interview, but c'mon - who's he foolin'?
The reason this is getting no coverage and no one trying to find out why it was made is that the people who are meant to find out this stuff (the press) were a big part of the E3 joke. Did anyone else facepalm when they clapped and shouted for $650 Xbox One X.
I think in the interview they are being a bit dishonest about not attacking anyone in particular. At the end of the show they show a total biscuit a biscuit with a tophat. I don't mind but other than perhaps Jim Sterling who else could it be?
Timo Naaro It could be Totalbiscuit. A youtuber with literally that literal name. Whose avatar is a top hat. I mean, it's a bit farfetched, it could still be Sterling, whooo knows...
Paul A George Socks? They're real, I have a pair (I didn't want George to have to live on the street again). They're only on sale for a limited time though.
Hardcore Report Don Thacker made a movie, Inspirational Growth. In it, at one point there's an ad for a fake Star Mazer TV show or something. I think the game was like really early in the whole process back then? just some trivia :P
I wasn't too impressed with their conference when I first saw it (I was hoping for some news on The Talos Principle 2 at the time), but this video helped put their antics into perspective.
I never watch E3 because it's 90% hot garbage and lies, every year. This was the first year I regret not watching it on twitch, simply because of Devolver.
It's so cool to think that there's such a punk rock game publisher in this industry.
Devolver are heroes.
You're the hero for creating Doomfeld.
The only thing their fake press conference was missing was them mentioning VR and 4K every couple of minutes - otherwise it was spot on.
"Tomorrow's unethical business practices today!"
Jack Frost FUTURE! FUTURE! FUTURE!
Theres a story behind it? I thought Devolver Digital was just crazy and didn't give a fuck.
Bacon Lord They're from the current punk wave, a rebelllion against hipsterdom. They are 'post-ironic'. They look like they give no fucks at a glance, but just scratching the surface reveals they give a massive, throbbing, angry, frothing, arcane fuck. They remember the sins of developers and publishers past.
Bungie was like this before Activision ate them. Microsoft was afraid to send envoys to the offices.
"but just scratching the surface reveals they give a massive, throbbing, angry, frothing, arcane fuck."
This is utter poetry
Take a look at the trackrecord of Mike Wilson. Quake, Thief, Serious Sam - he was involved into some epic games. Then he founded the publisher Gamecock. Yes, Gamecock, look it up. Dude has seen some shit.
jipowap47 I wouldn't call it a rebellion against hipsterdom since shitty video game business practices aren't really "hipster", just widespread corporate bullshit people like the folks at devolver are tired of.
Very nice interview. I really appreciate that you have put Question on top left and also at the bottom person you have interviewed. I think this should be on all interviews, peace
Loved the awkward goodbyes; Nigel sounds like a chill guy.
Idk, I think beating a dead horse on stage is exactly the kind of joke they should do next year
They aren't officially part of E3
3:30 Whoever got that footage, I feel bad for them. It really hurt the first time I made that mistake
Don't worry, it's just George's sentient socks. He can get new ones whenever the old ones wear out from playing too many games.
Hurt your ears you mean.
I remember in the first hotline Miami I thought I went deaf from the explosion. Took off the headphones and my ears were still ringing.
dat Nami (?) though
Thank you for this video I've been curious about the Devolver Digital event since it happened.
Now, two years later, Devolver actually is announcing new stuff in their “E3 Show.” Amazing. :)
The more impressive thing was Twitch's ridiculous "Pre Pre Show" that encased Devolver's conference and itself served as a parody of all the E3 pre shows, and was probably the most entertaining and batshit thing I've ever seen come out of E3, and even showed off some cool games and had a few of their own exclusive announcements
11 goddamn hours of my life very well spent
Devolver made this E3 watchable.
When I watched it live, I literally did not expect anything like it to show up. E3 was putting me to sleep because it was, well, _competent_ outside of a smaller than usual few fuck ups. An E3 without any schadenfreude is not a fun one, people like myself enjoy E3 because it shows that these big AAA publishers are indeed human after all. So as a result of everything being so well rehearsed (with a few exceptions) I was falling asleep cause I didn't rest well around E3.
But Devolver's conference woke me the fuck up, like, I was crying from laughter throughout because it was such a perfect parody. The twitch chat was cancer, it was going "Cringe", "Where's the games", etc. without realizing that was the joke, it took everything we expected from E3 and turned it up to 11 and it was fantastic. It's honestly the only thing I remember clearly from this E3, aside from sony showing almost no new games.
WMan37
Wait, people took this seriously?
WMan37 Twitch chat didn't get the joke? They didn't see THE FUCKING GUN THAT WAS LOUDLY SHOT?
Yeah dudes they didn't get the joke, it was amazingly stupid. Twitch chat is fucking retarded. I remember the E3 where infinite warfare was being announced and the entire chat was like "RIP COD" and then when it turned out to be COD they were like "Never mind it's gonna be shit", it was fucking hilarious.
If they're human, then so was Hitler. AAA publishers are as authentic as Jenna Jameson's tits, and should be treated as such.
I hated the Twitch chat in this conference:
"Where's the games? LUL"
"CRINGE haHAA"
"This is awful FailFish"
Meanwhile I'm crying of laughter.
Steam earliest access was good stuff
What did you expect from that cesspool?
The enviroment in TB's "snarkathon" was amazing. Paying $5 just to look at the chat replay wouldn't be a bad choice.
I mean in all the big events on Twitch chat is mostly from lol and cs:go communities, and they are terrible...
"Twitch chat is good," said nobody ever
Consistently one of the most insightful and interesting video creators on TH-cam.
Every since I saw this Devolver skit I have eagerly been awaiting your video talking about it. Glad to see you continue to make interesting content SuperBunnyhop, this is why I've been subbed for so long.
"also check out the TOVG Podcast!" RIP in peace
oh lord Super B please get rid of that from the end card before my heart gives out again
rest in peace in peace
Thanks for doing some good research and telling a few interesting stories.
music at 3:30
Perturbator - sexualizer
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thanks! thought it sounded familiar
I do love me some Perturbator.
And he's coming to my area soon! I can't wait to see him live.
After that comes Roller Mobster, and then the song from the subway level. Forget the name, but you play as Evan
@@DarkFiber23 I'm so fucking jealous. Try getting a big synthwave artist to brave the wilds of Scotland... not gonna happen.
I honestly didn't expect him to be so dang respectful. Great comedy and rockstar-style antics of the company aside, he seems to genuinely put his employees and industry peers above looking cool or bragging.
What a wholesome interview.
Wait, people expected a serious press conference from _Devolver_? They obviously didn't get the memo about Devolver being completely nuts. xD
This show as the single most interesting thing to come out of E3 in a long time, I'm so glad they finally went through with it and made this show a reality because E3 needed this, thank you Devolver !
I loved the DD video for a lot of the same reasons I really enjoy the strange Adult Swim infomercials and odd projects that they air. All of it is designed as an absurd parody that slightly crosses the line into insanity. Also I didn't know that DD actually have their hand in films as well. If they're even remotely as absurd as that "press conference" I'm going to have to check that stuff out.
Thanks Super Bunnyhop and Nigel Lowrie for this awesome interview that sheds some light on the strangeness that was my favorite part of E3.
While a bit "try-hard" one still has to admire all the money, time, and, effort DD put into this show- just to troll the very concept of E3.
It also helps that most of their games are fun and justify so much money being spent on the show.
Aras Finn Try-hard? I don't get that from this, this industry needs a few slaps to the face.
The "try-hard" works for the comedy, though. That's basically every E3 press conference ever, from bragging about tera-flops to "massive damage!", it wouldn't be an effective jab unless they went full try-hard.
Its just absurdist comedy. my favorite kind of funny. the more effort you put into a shitty joke, the better. watch the eric andre show for further inspection.
I think that even in absurdist or over-the-top comedy there is still an art of grace and "subtlety" (for a lack of a better word) some do better than others, I would take infomercials (the show, not actual ones) over the eric andre show any day, Alan Resnick can pull the oxymoron that is natural awkwardness flawlessly and Ben O'Brien can write completely absurd scripts without any trace of being try-hard. Being apologetic about something being a cringefest on the grounds of being absurdist comedy is a huge disservice to comedy (not that the conference was THAT bad by any means but still)
Well... the "subtlety" is in the underlying message and/or tone under the "veil". under the foreskin of the joke. it should be pretty obvious that "absurd" comedy is over-the-top. not necessarily in energy, but it always is in one way or another. it has many layers. and it assumes that you're already in the joke before it begins. i hope i'm not being too vague but its fucking hard to talk about comedy. sure it wasn't all gold in the devolver conference, but i think the sum of its parts make it a nice little pearl. a small shine in the big e3 turd.
Devolvers E3 conference was the most glorious thing I have seen come out of E3.
Thanks for doing this buddy.
I just want a recording of Devolver's pre-pre-crazy stream
The Prepre show was by Twitch, not Devolver.
The studio that helped write and film this press conference, Imagos; I knew I recognized that name from somewhere. For those few people following the Alex Mauer DMCA strike drama, the game in question is Starr Mazer which is Imagos' game. Huh, small world.
There is an achievement in Hotline Miami called Nigel Lowrie, never realized it was a reference to this guy
Aaand stuff like this is the reason, why you and Noclip is for me the best gaming channels on youtube. Good questions and nice bits for contextualization. Not overly detailed or too superficial. Also Devolver, there is a reason why youre my favourite games publisher. I dont know any games marketing company/department that understands its audience so damn well.
i love how in the background gameplay when looses at the third floor just stops for a moment contemplating the failure then proceeds without any urgency to restart the entire level
Holy shit, at 12:51 he says "[Ruiner] coming out later this fall", I'm pretty sure this is the first release date that we've gotten for the game.
Can you still believe that you actually exist?
No
Weasel Weasel ,not at all
Thanks Vsauce
no, clearly im stuck in the matrix.
self is just a lie -Trying to quote MGS2 Sons of Irony
I completely missed the noodles this episode. Anyone eagle-eyed enough to spot them?
Great, interestijng and throughout video as always. Good job, i hope you keep it up.
Kinda surprised George hasn't heard of Imagos considering all of the DMCA drama going on :l
Cool story about one of the most cathartic conference for those who have been following the industry for years.
Years later, and Devolver made Devolver Bootleg package. Making use of unused ideas pays off sometimes.
George, I love your videos - I've been and on off viewer since the MGS3 craziness, and I've just got to say one thing; middleclick to lock onto enemies in Hotline2, please.
Zozano
Well then, more power to him. Though he could've just spared us the suffering and played, like, an Evan level on hard. Jake's mission is especially hard since you're generally meant to die in the 2nd portion. But, hey, I fucking suck at HLM2 also, I've never beaten hard mode, so I'm not really in a position to criticize 😋
Hard Mode also mirrors the levels so no, hes def not in hard mode.
Mouse Reads The World why would you need to use lock on when you have mouse aim?
Props for using Run, one of the best songs in either Hotline Miami soundtrack
2017: "We didn't want to target something and ridicule it."
2019: (drags the idea of Nintendo Direct)
see also : lootboxes, paid crowds, that time Tak Fujii tried to control applause like a conductor, dumb kid on stage not really playing a game, mini retro consoles etc etc
they know what they are. We know what they are. That's why I love them and would trust them with my left testicle.
Lol exactly
Devolver Digital are just ballers.
So next year there's going to be a dead horse stand-in (piñata ?) and their conference should 10 minutes of them beating it while someone is doing the presentation.
Check a look.
that feel when you're early but your internet won't load
Should have interviewed Fork Parker as well, now that's a straight shooter.
Beautiful selection of background music!
When this first streamed, I wasn't like aware of it until it was around the Warliest Access bit, I got in right before Suda51 came on so I had no idea at that time that this was completely satirical, and thought it was just a really weird but legit conference with someone who was intentionally taking a hilariously aggressive stage present.
I about lost my goddamn mind when that ending happened.
Oh hey, Imagos Films/Don Thacker helped. I didn't need another reason to hope Alex Mauer gets completely destroyed in court for messing with them (and people playing their game, and River City Ransom Underground and people playong that game), but here one is anyway!
Nice video. Also love the Carpenter Brut music in the backgroun
The fastest click of the west.
11:50 Holy shit, I didn't know you could get Deckard's gun in Enter the Gungeon!
they didn't do enough with what they had, it could've been great but oh well it's just fine
Hotline Miami made Synthwave a staple in my daily listening.
Devolver did nail it!
Super sad there is no Noodle-cameo in this.
Well devolver nailed the timing to do the take the piss out of E3 event, this years e3 was made of suck and their "resentation" wraped the event off perfectly
ColeVecsion Clearly you're not a Monster Hunter fan.
lol nooooooooo, no i am not
YES! YES! IM OK WITH THE DELAY
I sorta completely forgot about Devolver Digital press conference
"Well, Good Luck with that!"
3 Years later: The Luck was well placed.
The true winners of this year's E3.
What's the name of the song playing at 11:40? I'd really appreciate it.
Bunnyhop gave credit to Hotline's Miami soundtrack so I went there searching for it. Just in case anyone else wants to listen to the song, the song's name is: Run (iamthekidyouknowwhatimean)
Cool, thanks George.
Honestly everyone saying "cringe" turned me off from 90% of the videogame community. Is this all people say on TH-cam now?
It's the easiest way to project what happens inside the soul of an average moron.
Hence the mainstream use of said word.
don't think I didn't notice the pitch change in the music
I loved this so much, but I saw almost no coverage of it.
they still got it.
Oh my god I can't escape from Imagos Softworks and Don Thacker.
tnx supahbonihop i would not discover this otherwise
This was a genuinely nice video. I wish you'd done it a bit earlier. Probably would have gotten more people to watch it.
What about the subsequent twelve-hour livestream afterwards? I haven't seen anything discussed about it, it's fuckin nuts
I'll always know devolver as the ad after the ffvii reveal
I appreciate the journalistic integrity and I also admire the lengths they will go to fuck with E3. I know he denied it in the interview, but c'mon - who's he foolin'?
What?
The reason this is getting no coverage and no one trying to find out why it was made is that the people who are meant to find out this stuff (the press) were a big part of the E3 joke. Did anyone else facepalm when they clapped and shouted for $650 Xbox One X.
I think in the interview they are being a bit dishonest about not attacking anyone in particular. At the end of the show they show a total biscuit a biscuit with a tophat. I don't mind but other than perhaps Jim Sterling who else could it be?
Timo Naaro
It could be Totalbiscuit. A youtuber with literally that literal name. Whose avatar is a top hat.
I mean, it's a bit farfetched, it could still be Sterling, whooo knows...
I don't know. Their video is like they took Jim Sterling opinion on what E3 is really about and materialized them on a stage.
Nobody is going to bring up the Pre Pre Show?
GLad I got my SuperBunnySocks this month!
Song name 8:05? I already know that song but i don't remember the name of the song and the artist... :(
I'll pretend to believe you. Carpenter Brut - Roller Mobster.
Hey seems like someone saw it! I though I was the only one
Aw so George socks was just a joke. I thought they where out of stock, so I couldn't find any.
Paul A George Socks? They're real, I have a pair (I didn't want George to have to live on the street again). They're only on sale for a limited time though.
When is your patreon coming?
Nigel
Why tf isn't this on my subscriptions page
Imagos? The same people involved in the whole Starmazer DSP thing? Interesting.
Hardcore Report Don Thacker made a movie, Inspirational Growth. In it, at one point there's an ad for a fake Star Mazer TV show or something. I think the game was like really early in the whole process back then? just some trivia :P
•Motivational Growth
I wasn't too impressed with their conference when I first saw it (I was hoping for some news on The Talos Principle 2 at the time), but this video helped put their antics into perspective.
Best conference
I thought the TOVG podcast was dead for some reason.
My last name is Thacker, I'm gonna go ask this Don dude if he'll be my dad.
Bunny , maybe you should correct the whole " Check out the TOVG Podcast " in the intro , as it is over ?
Yay new Bunnyhop Video! :3
Explaining a joke always improves it.
Can we have Sexualizer as the backround for all interviews in the future?
4:45 somehow he sounded like Louis CK a bit there
I never watch E3 because it's 90% hot garbage and lies, every year. This was the first year I regret not watching it on twitch, simply because of Devolver.
Wait is that the same imagos that's sueing Alex Mauer?
Nina Stuthers is my spirit animal
5:03 That's heartbreaking.
I want to play hotline Miami right now
Wait. Imagos? Don Thacker? As in the same people involved in the whole Alex Mauer insanity?
Damn George destroys at Enter the Gungeon.